{"id":14746,"date":"2012-07-21T08:20:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T12:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14746"},"modified":"2012-07-21T08:20:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T12:20:56","slug":"what-is-happening-in-some-of-our-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14746","title":{"rendered":"What Is Happening In Some Of Our Colleges ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a story from a month ago that I didn’t see at the time. It is important, so I am reporting on it now. On June 14, the Corner at National Review<\/a>\u00a0posted a story about a UCLA professor who was fired for being a whistle-blower.<\/p>\n

Dr. James E. Enstrom<\/a>\u00a0challenged some of the ‘junk science’ used to justify overly strict emissions regulations in California. He also\u00a0pointed out that key members of the state\u2019s \u201cscientific review panel\u201d have overstayed term limits by decades. He was fired for his efforts.<\/p>\n

The American Center for Law and Justice<\/a>\u00a0(ACLJ) has filed suit against UCLA for the University’s actions.<\/p>\n

The ACLJ website reports:<\/p>\n

Dr. Enstrom, a research professor in UCLA’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences, published important peer-reviewed research demonstrating that fine particulate matter does not kill Californians.\u00a0 Also, Dr. Enstrom assembled detailed evidence that contends powerful UC professors and others have systematically exaggerated the adverse health effects of diesel particulate matter in California, knowing full well that these exaggerations would be used by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to justify draconian diesel vehicle regulations in California.\u00a0 In addition, the complaint argues that he exposed the fact that the lead author of the key CARB Report used to justify the diesel regulations did not have the UC Davis Ph.D. degree that he claimed.\u00a0 Instead, according to the suit, this \u201cscientist\u201d bought a fake Ph.D. for $1,000 from a fictional “Thornhill University.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Enstrom was fired, the ‘scientist’ with the fake degree kept his job.<\/p>\n

The ACLJ website explains:<\/p>\n

Finally, Dr. Enstrom discovered that several activist members of the CARB Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants have exceeded the legislatively mandated three-year term limits by decades. The suit contends that shortly after Dr. Enstrom revealed this systematic wrongdoing, UCLA not only issued a notice of termination, it denied him any compensation for his work by systematically and wrongfully looting his research fund accounts.\u00a0 Dr. Enstrom worked for more than a year without pay as he in good faith appealed his wrongful termination using UCLA procedures.\u00a0 Ironically enough, the fake “scientist” was only suspended for his misconduct while Dr. Enstrom was terminated for telling the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If we want future leaders of America to get the education they need to lead the country effectively, we need to take a look at some of the things that are going on in our universities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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